NAME

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi - Hobbit CGI script to acknowledge alerts

SYNOPSIS

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi

DESCRIPTION

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the hobbit-ackinfo.sh
CGI wrapper.
hobbit-ackinfo.cgi is used to acknowledge an alert on the Hobbit
"Critical Systems" view, generated by the hobbit-nkview.cgi(1) utility.
This allows the staff viewing the Critical Systems view to acknowledge
alerts with a "Level 1" alert, thereby removing the alert from the
Critical Systems view.
Note that the Level 1 alert generated by the hobbit-ackinfo.cgi utility
does NOT stop alerts from being sent.
In a future version of Hobbit (after Hobbit 4.2), this utility will
also be used for acknowledging alerts at other levels.

OPTIONS

--level=NUMBER
Sets the acknowledgment level. This is typically used to force a
specific level of the acknowledgment, e.g. a level 1 acknowledge
when called from the Critical Systems view.
--validity=TIME
Sets the validity of the acknowledgment. By default this is
taken from the CGI parameters supplied by the user.
--sender=STRING
Logs STRING as the sender of the acknowledgment. By default,
this is taken from the loginname of the webuser sending the
acknowledgment.
--env=FILENAME
Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the
CGI script.
--area=NAME
Load environment variables for a specific area. NB: if used,
this option must appear before any --env=FILENAME option.
--debug
Enables debugging output.

ENVIRONMENTVARIABLES

BBHOME Used to locate the template files for the generated web pages.
QUERY_STRING
Contains the parameters for the CGI script.